tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280136212440401887.post8150028357739940643..comments2013-04-06T14:16:33.545-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Compulsive Masticator: Taqueria Pancho Villa: Building a Better BurritoSalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16800168299834385479noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280136212440401887.post-54352208279642680182009-08-06T13:57:08.901-07:002009-08-06T13:57:08.901-07:00I moved back to Canada last year and have been *dy...I moved back to Canada last year and have been *dying* for a real mission-style taqueria burrito. Sigh. Just looking at the picture made my eyes tear up; thanks for re-inspiring me to keep looking and/or find a good recipeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693743979447397390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280136212440401887.post-45378759374358984942009-06-24T17:52:05.788-07:002009-06-24T17:52:05.788-07:00That burrito look so good! Will have to try it wh...That burrito look so good! Will have to try it when we are down in the Bay Area. Though, I don't like the "Chips on Request".Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162861438435750576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280136212440401887.post-38534968352289426742009-06-10T20:54:04.055-07:002009-06-10T20:54:04.055-07:00Miss Sassy Pants - excellent point about The Count...Miss Sassy Pants - excellent point about The Counter. That is exactly how I felt the first time I ate at this taqueria. Of course, I got over it quickly. I had no idea that you disliked cilantro, though. In fact, I had no idea that anyone disliked it. As for the chips on request thing, although I have been spoiled by some of the taquerias here in Roseville, growing up I found that places being stingy with their chips was sort of the norm. Today, the ability to have as many chips as I want is a major criteria for how I rate a taqueria, and the fact that you have to ask for them at Pancho Villa (as well as most of the places I grew up eating at) is at worst a minor annoyance. The food is that good.<br /><br />As for question #4, a "Mission-style" or "San Francisco" burrito is essentially any overstuffed, foil-wrapped burrito you get at a taqueria. That particular breed of burrito is commonly believed to have originated in San Francisco's Mission District in the 1960s, hence the nicknames. Although the roots of the burrito itself can be traced back even farther, the particular type of burrito commonly found in California taquerias - as well as nationwide chains such as Chipotle and Baja Fresh - was born in the Mission. That's my understanding of it, anyway.<br /><br />Mike - fear not. Soylent Green was taken off the menu in light of the fact that it's not yet FDA-approved for human consumption. As for the fourteen different meats, Pancho Villa will stuff your burrito with carne asada, chicken asada, carnitas, al pastor, chorizo, spicy chicken, chile verde chicken, chile verde pork, chipotle chicken, tofu ranchero, chicken mole, lengua, steak fajitas and chicken fajitas.Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800168299834385479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280136212440401887.post-39720919542961565722009-06-10T08:40:37.190-07:002009-06-10T08:40:37.190-07:00"a wide selection of meats (fourteen at last ..."a wide selection of meats (fourteen at last count!)"<br /><br />Fourteen?!<br /><br />Beef, chicken, pork, ostrich, quail, buffalo, komodo dragon, beef the sequel, chicken-esque, pseudo-pork, soylent orange, soylent...<br /><br />*gulp*Mike Solimanhttp://morningcupojoe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2280136212440401887.post-79280435586382234302009-06-10T08:24:45.859-07:002009-06-10T08:24:45.859-07:001) That's how I felt upon my first visit to Th...1) That's how I felt upon my first visit to The Counter - "simply too much to process."<br />2)Cilantro is NOT a mouth-watering scent. I HATE Cilantro...<br />3) Chips on request?!<br />4) What is a Mission-style burrito? What other styles of burritos are there and how do they differ from said Mission-style?<br />5) "...tinfoil torpedo..." That is great imagry!Miss Sassy Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669986653956419139noreply@blogger.com